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Letters Patent No. 62,484, dated February 26, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be't known that I, ROBERT HAMILTON7 of Franklin, in the county oi' Johnson, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful improvement in Head-Rests for Railroad Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exaetdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figurc 1 is a perspective view, showing the head-rest in use.

Figure Q is an elevation representing the interior of the sack.

The saine letters are used in both figures in representing identical parts.

A is asack, made of a light, strong, woven fabric, in a single piece. This is attaohed below to the belt B, which fastens around the Waist oi" the passenger. The sack is suspended by a oord, O, run into a seam in Vits upper end, so as to gather the upper lend of the sack` to a point. The cord C is attached to theroof of the car, by a hook, D, or in any convenient manner. The length of the sack should be such as to permit it to receive the arms of the passenger in a descendingT fold thereof below the belt; and it should be sutliciently full to give room for the arms and body, and not be drawn against the face of the passenger. The height of the sack is adjusted by the cord C. On the inside of the sack, in the proper position, is attached a cushion, E, to receive the head of the passenger resting against it. The sack is open in front of the face so as to permit free ventilation, the sack being light and capable of being carried in small space, the whole of it being, whenrolled up, so small as to permit it to be readily packed away in any ordinary travellingdoag or valise. The cushion may be made of India rubber, and infated when intended to be used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v The suspended sack A, when constructed and used as a support for the arms and head, substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' I ROBERT HAMILTON. Witnesses:

R. M. OVERSTREET, G. M. Ovnnsrnnn'r. 

